Shelving-bracket and system of shelving



, 1934. w. SLATER SHELVING BRACKET AND SYSTEM OF SHELVING Filed Dec. 15,1932 Dec. 11

R 0 .V. a T Z N M E R V m m T A I l 1! w 4 P S A Patented Dec. 11, 1934UNITED STATES SHELVING-BRACKET AND SYSTEM OF SHELVING Walter L. Slater,Watsonville, Calif. assignor to Slater Shelving System, a. corporationof Cali fornia Application December 15, 1932, SerialNo. 647,459

4 Claims.

This invention relates to shelving brackets and system of shelving, andmore particularly to a novel arrangement of shelving adapted to sustainrelatively great weight, and at the same time provide for freelongitudinal movement of goods upon the shelves without interferingpartitions.

My present invention results from the need to provide more attractivedisplay means in stores, groceries and other places, especially, in cashand carry establishments where the customers desire a neat and orderlyarrangement of their prospective purchases combined with ability tosecure, or inspect them.

The objects of my invention comprise the following desiderata:

To provide an arrangement of shelving Which may be manufactured asportable units adapted to be attached together end to end so as toextend the series for any desired length.

To provide a novel bracket having a horizontal member carrying lateralmembers to support the shelf ends and 2. preferably concealed,blade-like vertical member carrying said horizontal member in line withthe narrow edge thereof.

To provide means whereby, as a saving in material, said horizontal andvertical members may be demountably secured together instead of beingstamped out of stock the full width of the bracket.

To provide an embodiment in which the shelfsupporting elements aredetachable from said horizontal member, together with further objectsand advantages which will hereafter appear, be particularly pointed outin the claims and illus- 35 trated in the drawing attached hereto andmade part hereof, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bracket per se according to myinvention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing demountable means for thevertical and horizontal members.

Figure 4 is an assembled view of the saddle shelf-support shown on alarger scale.

Figures 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4 showingpositioned shelf ends.

Figure 6 is an isometrical projection of a single shelf-unit accordingto my invention.

Figure 7 is an isometrical projection of a double shelf-unit.

Figure 8 is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a section taken on the line 9-9 55 of Figure 7.

Figure 10 is a section taken on the line 1010 of Figure 11. 1

Figure '11 is a section taken on the line 1111 of Figure 12, showing thebracket assembled.

Figure 12 is an elevational front view of an 5 upright member slotted toreceive the brackets.

Figure 13 is a plan view of my bracket attached to the side of avertical channel support.

Figure 14 is an enlarged detail of the construction adjacent to the leftof the line 14-14 of Figure 9-.

Figure 15 shows another embodiment of said horizontal member, and

Figure 16 is a section taken on the line 16-16 of Figure 15.

Similar reference indicia refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

To carry out my invention in its simplest form I provide certain uprightmembers to which my brackets are attached in various horizontal planes;said uprights being suitably spaced apart according to the load theshelving is to carry.

Figure 6 illustrates a unit of single shelving adapted to be placedagainst a wall; Whereas, Figure '7 shows a unit having shelving on bothsides thereof suitable to be placed in an aisle.

Said uprights may be scantlings as (1'7) or of any suitable structuralsteel form, for instance, the steel channel (18), shown in Figure 13.

The bracket This element is susceptible of different embodiments withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention; which is also true of themeans whereby said bracket is attached to said upright members.

As embodied in Figures 1 and 2, said bracket is represented as being offlat, relatively thin stock, preferably steel. It comprises the verticallimb (19) and the horizontal limb (20) The interior corner (21) ispreferably rounded to impart additional strength and present a gracefulappearance. The under portion of said horizontal member tapers upwardlyfrom said round to the outer end thereof.

As embodied in Figure 3 said respective limbs are shown as separateentities joined together by a demountable interlocking joint comprisingthe respective complemental members (22) and (23) an arrangement bywhich said bracket may be stamped with less waste and is more convenientfor shipment.

In the above forms wherein the entire bracket is of blade-likeconstruction I provide the saddle 55 (24) shown in Figure 4; which rideson said horizontal limb and provided with the flanges (25) and (26) tocarry the'shelf ends (27) and (28) all well shown in Figure 5, togetherwith the sheathing member (29') secured to the under side of saidflanges by Parker screws as (30) which also secure said shelf ends, anarrangement which hides all joints and leaves nothing of the bracketassembly exposed save the curve (31) and said sheath member, whichbeing" of very thin stock is scarcely noticeable, and when embellishedas by oxidation or electro-plating imparts an artistic appearance to thewhole which is very desirable for display purposes in certainestablishments suchas art studios, libraries, jewelers, etc.

A second embodiment of said horizontal member is shown in Figures 15 and16, wherein an inverted T structure is used.

The vertical limb (19) may be secured to the side of an upright as shownin Figure 8, or mounted in a slot (32) shown in Figure 12.

It will be noted that the panel (33) is secured to the front of saidupright members, the slot indicated at (34) being notched out to fitsnugly at each side said horizontal limb.

It will be observed however, by reference to Figures '7, 8, 9 and 14that all the brackets of the topmost shelf (35) are entirely concealedby the board (36) fastened beneath the spacers (37) which extend beneathsaid top shelf, the whole being boxed in by a casing as (38), which,although shown plain, may well be a molding of any desired form.

To make provision for the respective end brackets to fit snugly againstthe respective end casings, the adjacent flange (25) or (26) may be hamered flat up against the adjacent side of said saddle; when anadditional unit is to be added the corresponding end casing is removedand the flange returned to the horizontal.

It should be stated that in the form shown in Figure 7 the panel (3 3)may be omitted, thereby permitting, not only free traverse of goodslengthwise of the shelving, but also crosswise traverse to oppositeshelves. 7,

It is believed that my invention and the advantages to be gained by theuse thereof are fully explained. in reducing the invention to practice,certain minor features in construction, combination and arrangement ofparts may necessitate alteration, to which the patentee is entitled,providing such alteration is comprehended inthe scope of What isclaimed.

What I claim is: V

l. A bracket comprising blade-like vertical and horizontal limbs, asaddle member of inverted U-shape carried by the horizontal limb withthe upper end of the saddle resting on the limb, and lateral flanges onthe lower side edges of the saddle member adapted for the support ofshelfboard ends with the upper edge of the saddle and shelf-boards inthe same horizontal plane.

' 2. A bracket having a horizontal limb and a flanged saddle for thesupport of shelf board ends, and a sub-attached sheath member arrangedto inclose the underside of the horizontal limb below the flanged saddleand means for securing the two saddles and shelf board ends together. 7

3. In a shelving system having a bracket comprising vertical andhorizontal limbs reenforced at the inner corner and adapted for mountingwith the vertical limb concealed and the horizontal limb and cornerreenforcement exposed and a sheath attached to the underside of thehorizontal limb and overlying the corner reenforcement.

4. Supporting means for shelving comprising a bracket having a verticaland a horizontal limb of blade-like formation, said vertical limbadapted to be secured to the lateral face of an upright support anddetachable means carried by the horizontal limb for receiving andsupporting store shelving.

WALTER L. SLATER.

